The best county magistrate

"Sir, Chen Song and Wu Xiulian have been waiting at the Yin Hotel for a long time. Do they want to be interrogated?" Wei Junzhi asked.

Yang Xuanchen rubbed his chin and thought for a while, it would not make much sense just to prove Wang Mang's guilt.

What he wants is to find out the person behind Wang Mang and give Qingshui County a clear and sunny day.

Therefore, we must break through Wu Xiulian's excuse tonight and get her to confess the crime of adultery with Qian Youde.

Tomorrow not only will Wang Mang be sentenced, but Qian Youde will also be arrested.

"Lao Wei, Brother Biao, please work harder tonight. Let's make some preparations."

"Lao Wei and I will go to meet Hongxing who is outside the wall later. Brother Biao will arrange for some trustworthy brothers to guard the outside of Qian Mansion."

Zhang Biao responded, with a look of excitement on his face, "Don't worry, sir, if Qian Youde runs away, I'll come and see you."

"It's not that serious. Just stay safe and add chicken legs to those brothers tomorrow!"

Yang Xuanchen made a joke and led Wei Junzhi from the back hall to the Yin Hotel.

Before entering the door, Yang Xuanchen's voice came in, "Please forgive me for asking you two to come to the county office at such a late hour."

Chen Song and Wu Xiulian heard the sound and stepped forward to greet him, "Master Yang is so polite. I didn't expect that you would come in person. The common people are frightened."

Yang Xuanchen laughed and looked up and down at Wu Xiulian beside Chen Song.

Although she is not as slutty as Zhang Biao said, she still has the unique charm of a mature young woman.

"Just in case, I asked you two to come to the Yamen for a while. I am here to protect your safety."

Yang Xuanchen glanced at Wu Xiulian, paused and continued: "Sister-in-law of the Chen family, I have something to ask you."

"Do you think you should go back to the back hall with me, or just stay here..."

Wu Xiulian looked at Chen Song and then at Yang Xuanchen, looking a little nervous and not knowing what to do.

Chen Song glanced at her, and he already harbored resentment towards Wu Xiulian. Now seeing her being so coy, he felt even more unhappy, "Sister-in-law, hurry up! Don't keep Master Yang waiting too long."

Seeing his cold tone, Yang Xuanchen waved his hands to ease the tense atmosphere and said softly: "Why don't we just stay in the side room, Lao Wei asked Xiaolian to cook some supper and send it over, and I will have a private chat with the Chen family's sister-in-law first. "

The two entered the side room. Wu Xiulian looked outside the door, and after confirming that Chen Song couldn't hear, she patted her chest with her little hand and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Sister-in-law of the Chen family, don't be so nervous, let's just talk about home affairs." Yang Xuanchen said with a smile.

Wu Xiulian nodded slightly, but the nervous look on her face remained.

"Is sister-in-law a native of Qingshui County?"

She didn't speak, just nodded.

"As far as I know, you have been married for some years, so why don't you have any children?" Yang Xuanchen asked doubtfully.

When the child was mentioned, Wu Xiulian's expression changed, and there was even some resentment in her nervousness.

"I'm just asking casually. It's normal not to have a child."

Yang Xuanchen then changed the topic.

"My father runs a medical clinic, and I have also learned some medical skills since I was a child. How about we take a pulse?"

Just as Wu Xiulian was stunned, Yang Xuanchen had already lifted up one of her arms with one hand, and pressed three fingers on her veins.

Relying on the memory of the original owner's medical skills, he quietly observed Wu Xiulian's pulse.

From the moment he walked in and looked around, he noticed something fishy about Wu Xiulian.

The people in Qingshui County are poor, and all men, women and children are on the thin side. Although Wu Xiulian is not fat, she looks more plump than the wives of ordinary craftsmen.

Her fingers and palms were even more swollen, and Yang Xuanchen suspected that she was pregnant.

Now, judging from the pulse condition, which is round and strong and not stagnant, she should be more than two months pregnant.

After a moment, he withdrew his hand and said, "Sister-in-law of the Chen family has a good body and will have no problem giving birth to several fat sons."

Wu Xiulian sighed and said in a faint tone, "It's good but what's the use? My husband is gone..."

Following Wu Xiulian's thoughts, Yang Xuanchen started the topic.

"I heard that Chen Zhi was honest and good-tempered. Why was he harmed by Wang Mang?"

"The common people only found out today that Wang Mang killed him. Mr. Yang, you have to make the decision for the common people."

Wu Xiulian was so excited that she started crying.

Yang Xuanchen comforted her for a while, and Xiaolian also brought supper.

After a warm reception, Wu Xiulian gradually let down her guard against Yang Xuanchen and talked more.

"Master Yang, you don't know something. He was not very good during his lifetime... so we never had children." Wu Xiulian lowered her head and revealed a secret.

Let me blanch, if Chen Zhi can't do it, whose child is in your belly?

"So how is your relationship?" Yang Xuanchen asked doubtfully.

"In the past few years, Cao Min has been beaten and scolded by Chen Zhi a lot because of his children. Although he will apologize the next day, I am also a woman and I also have grievances."

Wu Xiulian's tone at this time sounded full of resentment, but she still felt for Chen Zhi in her heart.

Yang Xuanchen felt a sigh of relief in his heart. Feudal society was like this. Especially in this era, women were like men's property and had no social status.

Chen Zhi often beat and scolded Wu Xiulian because she couldn't give birth to a child. This, coupled with Chen Zhi's refusal to give birth, led to the fact that Wu Xiulian Hongxing cheated.

"So, you are in love with Qian Youde?"

Wu Xiulian didn't expect that Yang Xuanchen would ask such a question. She couldn't help but be stunned, and then tears appeared in her eyes again.

Over the years, although Chen Zhi treated her with some beatings and scoldings, most of the time he was still affectionate.

But unlike Qian Youde, that beast just treated her as a plaything, coming and going when he called her.

Since her husband's death, Qian Youde had vented his anger on her even more intensely. She had had enough.

"Qian Youde is an evil ghost, I can't wait to kill him!" Wu Xiulian said word by word.

I wonder, is there something fishy about this adultery?

Yang Xuanchen raised his fingers, tapped the table with his knuckles, and thought for a moment, "I have heard about the matter between you and Qian Youde."

"If you are wronged, I will give you a chance to speak. Don't wait until you are caught and raped in bed by Chen Song before you regret it. Do you understand?"

Wu Xiulian risked her life and told her story with Qian Youde intermittently.

After the fork pole incident last summer, Qian Youde was obsessed with Wu Xiulian and looked for an opportunity to send Li Yang to trick Wu Xiulian into a private house in the north of the city.

When coercion and inducement failed, he drugged her and raped her. From then on, Wu Xiulian was controlled by him.

Since she truly realized the joy between men and women, Wu Xiulian's resentment towards Chen Zhi has gradually grown.

She told Qian Youde everything about the Chen family, imagining that Qian Youde would help her get out of her misery.

Unexpectedly, Qian Youde was only interested in the Chen family's sword. In his eyes, Wu Xiulian was just a plaything.

At this point in the case, Yang Xuanchen finally figured out the context.

During the adultery between Qian Youde and Wu Xiulian, he discovered the secret of the Chen family's sword, and he began to think of killing himself for money.

Let Wang Mang poison Chen Zhi, and then want to use Wu Xiulian to kill Chen Song again, thereby taking away everything from the Chen family.

Yang Xuanchen sighed deeply and asked: "Wu Xiulian, when was the last time you and Chen Zhi had sex?"

"I remember it was on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. On that day, he received some kind of elixir from his second brother. It was said that it could make people become powerful and powerful..."

Wu Xiulian didn't understand what Yang Xuanchen meant by asking this question, so she thought for a while and finally said it.

"I will ask you again how long it took for you to have a private meeting with Qian Youde after Chen Song came back."

This time his tone was not only serious but also gave her an irresistible thought.

"It's...it disappeared in the first month of the year, and it didn't start until the second half of February."

"I guess you haven't had your period since the first lunar month, and you haven't had your period since the first lunar month." There was a hint of pity in Yang Xuanchen's tone.

Wu Xiulian's eyes widened and she looked at Yang Xuanchen in disbelief, "You...what do you mean?"

Yang Xuanchen stood up and slowly uttered a sentence, "You are pregnant, and the child in your belly must be Chen Zhi's child if my judgment is correct."

His words were like thunder, striking Wu Xiulian's heart.

In an instant, feelings of annoyance, regret, and helplessness surrounded Wu Xiulian. She touched her lower abdomen, and silent tears flowed down her cheeks and soaked her chest.

It would have been great if the second brother's elixir had been sent last summer, or if I hadn't been easily fooled by Qian Youde.

Recalling the days when I married Chen Zhi, that honest craftsman worked day and night in order to make a good life for himself.

Now she wished she could crash into the house and admit her mistake to Chen Zhi on the way to Huangquan.

Yang Xuanchen took a deep breath and said slowly: "Think carefully about what to do in the future, not only for yourself but also for the child in your belly."

"Sister-in-law of the Chen family, after you think about it clearly, come to see me."